Refrigerator



' UNrTED STATES THOMAS F. CREAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEVV'YORK.

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SPECIFICATION 'forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,914, dated February 20, 1894.

' Application tiled April 3, 1893. Serial No. 468,837. (No model.)I v

Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State tion and arrangement of the tank and rackof New York, have invented a new and Improved Refrigerator, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of refrigerators which contain water tanks in their ice boxes, and my invention relates moreparticularly to the disposiin the ice box, as'will be hereinafter described.

The object of my invention is to producea simple, economical and durable water supplying apparatus, which may be arranged in any well known form of refrigerator, which is constructed and arranged in such a way that the ice is always held in contact with the tank, which has a thin body of water in the tank so that it is readily cooled, and which is further provided with a water coil arranged in the coldest part of the ice box, to the end that the water drawn from the tank may always be as cold as possible.

To theseends, my invention consists in certain'features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forminga part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a refrigerator provided with my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same, showing they arrangement of the water tank and the cooling coil. Fig. 3 is a detail cross section through the ice box, on the line 3*3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan on the -line 4.-'-4 in Fig. 2; andFig. 5 is a detail vertical section on the line 5-5 in Fig. 4.

The refrigerator 10 isv of a usual kind, and

may be of any sort whatever so long as it is provided with an ice box 11 which alsomay be of any usual construction. Y

In the ice-box 11, I arrange the water tank 12, which is preferably placed in theback of the ice box and extends clear across the refrigerator, the tank being preferably as high as the ice box, but it is narrow between its sides so thata thin body of waterv may be contained in it and the water is therefore quickly cooled. The tank has a top aperture closed by'a cap 13, to facilitate its filling, although any suitablecover may be provided for it. The tank 12 is preferably of metal, and if dcsired, it maybe lined with porcelain or similar material which does not readily oxidize. The tank is raised slightly at one end, being mounted on a support 12a or other equivalent means of elevating it, and this enables the water to run freely and clean from its lower end.

Located in the bottom of the ice-box is a removable ice-tray or rack, which is inclined toward the water tank, as best shown in Fig. 3, so that the ice 15, will naturally fall or gravitate toward the tank and thereby keep the same always cold as Well also as the contents thereof. The purpose of making the tray or rack removable is to enable the same to be readily lifted out for cleaning the bottom of the ice box.

The inclination of the rack may be effected in any convenient way, and if desired, the ioorof the ice box may be inclined to produce the eect desired, to wit, the rearward sliding ofthe ice. It will also be understood that the tank may be held in one end of the box and the rack inclined toward the tank with the same effect.

Leading from the lower end of the tank 12, is a pipe 16, which is arranged in a horizontal coil beneath the ice rack, and which finally projects through the walllof the refrigerator, where it terminates in a faucet 17 adapted to control the discharge of water. This lcoil is thus arranged in the very coldest part of the ice box, so that the water which is withdrawn is sure to be cold.

Having thus described my invention, I

Aclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination in a refrigerator hav.- ing an ice box, of a water tank or receptacle located in said box, and a removable inclined ice-tray or rack arranged in the bottom of the box and inclining toward the tank, substantially as described.

2. The combination in arefrigerator, of an substantially as shown and for the purpose ice box, a water tank or reeeptaoleloeatemi at esorbed. the back of said box and extending fiom s lde THOMAS R @BEAN to side thereof, and a removable mchned loe- 5 tray or rack arranged in the bottom of the Witnesses:

box and inolining toward the tank, said tray WARREN B. HUTCHI SON, also extending from side to side of the box, C. SEDGWICK. 

